The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-30

JOnn fNnefty, HHdS rneeuy, niiu
been found mot guilty" by nm intelligent
jury at Menominee and acquitted, gener-
eral dissatisfaction was the order OF things
among the law-abiding element Of the
usually quiet and modest little city OF
Crystal Falls. That Sheedy is guilty of
biting off Bakers tongue, there is not the
least shadow Of n doubt in the minds of
all intelligent thinkers at all acquainted
with the details of the sickening affair.
This journal has been 20 considerable
trouble and expense in obtaining the
testimony OF the witnesses in the case,
which being SO long only portion OF
that OF the principal Witnesses is here
given. The testimony given below will
cause many to blush with shame that
the sworn witnesses themselves do not
possess, as their testimony in some i'm
stances is nearly opposite to stories told
by them before they were placed ON the
witness stand. A great deal OF blaim is
attached to Prosecuting Attorney Cram
dali and much has been said Of him that
was not just right because Sheedy was
not found guilty, but after reading the
I testimony il will be seen that Mr. Gran
dali did all in his power TO convict the
/ prisoner, but was Illustrated by the cum
ming friends Of Sheedy, who sworc not as
1 they should have done 20 adhere TO the
truth. The action of certain witnesses
was shameful and made the trial OF
Sheedy farce from beginning 10 end
| The prosecuting attorney must not be
expected 90 convict a person when the
principal witnesses will not tell on the
stand what they have told ON previous
7 occasions and known To be facts. And
/ furthermore, IL is alleged that Bakergave
the defense points that were very much
i'm favor Of Sheedy, and il would seem
quite probable that he did. from the fact
that he So strenuously refused To pros
ecute the man-eating vampire APP
pended il the testimony OF witnesses re-
called, which il carefully pursued will
vince the reader that Sheedy was some
what in 1.-THE hands Of his friends"
Foster Baker testified: Mr.. Crandal
Tell about the biting; il you were Bit
ten tell them that Answer--We were
wrestling during theevenineand drinking,
guess we wfcstled seven or eight tunes
and went up stairs and went 20 bed,
and | got up again and came down, |
don't know just what made me come
down but guess il was Co get another
drink, and | went up to the bar and
Shccty proposed wrestling again, and we
; commenced wrestling, and | don't know
, how hc got hold OF me, bat he got hold OF
ne some way so ! stuck my tongue out
and he bit IT, Q-Well, go on and tell
: the story? A-That is all there is to il
lac bit my tongue off and | fell down ON
, the floor and he choked me ON the floor
and the marshal of the town, the night
watchman, took him OFF; Mr. Nearing
picked me up and told Mr. Nearing he
, bit my tongue OFF,
Cross examination. Mr.. Flannigan-
Q-You and Shecdy have been good
friends for some time, haven't You? A.
: Yes sir Q-Iou don't know of any
, enmity he had against you that day, do
. YOU? A-Not except what | have told.
O-Now, Mr. Baker, from the whole
; transaction right through, don't you
: consider you were fully to blame
for this biting as Jack was? Al think
il was my fault; II hadn't got drunk he
certainly never would have hit me,
because | would not have been where
wns Go have been bitten. Q-Didn't this
wrestling you had with him, going back
and forth, have something to do with II,
brought IL on2 Ayes sir, that was
probably the cause of IL. Q-Didn't YOU
say the next day YOU didn't think he
was To blame for IL? Al said Just aH |
stated here, thought II had behaved
myself il would not have happened |
know IL wouldn't. Q-You didn't want
. 20 prosecute him, did your A--NO sir
Q-Now, when he bit your tongue 10 was
of course cut off, wasn't IL, the piece oi
tongue was cut off. was bit olf2 A-Ycs
, sir, il was bitten of. Q-lsnt IL a fact
you grabbed IL of YOURSELF Ayes sir.
pulled IL OF. Q-lsn't IL fact that at
the same time you had your fingers In
his mouth. tearing ON his lips? Al had
my fingers here tindicatingl TO make him
LET up biting, and pulled, but the tongue
asgone when hc lctup. Q--Now haven't
you told this man McDougal that you
thought you had bitten your own tongue
and that you didn't want 90 prosecute
him for il, but that thepeople at Crystal
Falls had great prejudice against him,
and rather forced you into it2 Al
never told anybody Co my knowledge
that bit my own tongue off. Odd
you tell any part of that2 Al may
have told them that | didn't want 90
prosecute him, but | had 20 do it; or
don't know M / am prosecuting now;
supposed / was only witness here;
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